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Lame-o kid wants to be a rock star, but he's just so.... well..... LAME. He'll still hope for a contract with a music mogul, but that's mostly wishful thinking. All this blarney is the blinking in between the good parts where we see BOOB!

Good title, though.

"Charlie Harrison" (Phillip Paley) is a nice young man who wants to be a guitarist in a rock group but recently got into trouble for driving a car that he didn't know was stolen. As a result, his mother no longer has any faith or confidence in him and his older sister "Kathleen" (Leslie Danon) feeds into that by belittling him at every opportunity. Additionally, he has a crush on a pretty girl named "Wendy" (Heidi Helmer) but can't seem to make any headway with her because she has a brother named "Doug" (Tod Bryant) who refuses to allow any guys to get close to her. To make matters even worse, Wendy is intensely attracted to a young musician named "Keith" (Douglas R, Starr) who plays in a rock band and because of that she isn't romantically inclined for Charlie at all. Yet, in spite of all of that, he isn't one to give up and with help from his good friend "Scully" (Steven Tash) comes up with a grand scheme to turn things around. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this turned out to be a fairly typical "beach film" produced in the 80's which tended to be somewhat low on comedy but still entertaining to a certain degree. Likewise, the fact that this was a Roger Cormen production greatly explains the low-budget nature of the film as well. Be that as it may, while this wasn't a particularly good film by any means it wasn't that bad and for that reason, I have rated it as only slightly below average.

This used to be a staple on Cinemax's late night lineup. It was somehow entertaining enough to keep me watching every time I saw it on the TV. It didn't fare quite so well when USA showed a butchered version on "Up All Night." So in a nutshell, it is a mindless film about metalheads partying at the beach, but got the job done somehow. The cast is not stellar, but they were pleasant and fitting for this low budget film. I recommend it if you're in the mood for something VERY light and though it seems dated in 1999, it just might take you back.

As a young kid, I remember fondly some great teen movies back in the 80s & 90s. So when I saw that this movie was from the same era (and I've never seen nor heard of it till then). I got excited and expected more of the same experience, as Revenge of the Nerds, The Sure Thing, My Science Project, Breakfast Club, Zapped, Ferries Buller's Day Off - you get the picture.

After watching 20 mins of it, I now understand why I've never heard of it. Simply put, this movie STINKS. Not just a little, but A LOT!

Acting is non-existent. And not just by one or two actors, but pretty much the entire cast. The dialogue - if you call it that - always seems strained, un-natural. This must have been a movie that was straight to VCR in its day.

I honestly gave this movie a chance to get better (and get going), but after 20 minutes, I no longer could stand it and stopped watching it.

If you're smart, you shouldn't even bother with it. There are better choices to spend time on out there, like watching grass grow.

You're welcome.

Beach Balls concerns a young man who wants to become a rock star and his adventures in this poor comedy. typical late 80s fare with some poor rock video/band performances, bad acting, production values, script,..you get the idea..even the cute girls can't save this dog..on a scale of one to ten..1